{
  "title": "I waited for the Lord most high",
  "author": "",
  "tune": "Dunstan",
  "number": "523",
  "lyrics": "Psalm 40:1-5\n\nI waited for the Lord most high,\nAnd he inclined to hear my cry;\nHe took me from destruction's pit\nAnd from the miry clay;\nUpon a rock he set my feet,\nAnd steadfast made my way.\n\nA new and joyful song of praise\nHe taught my thankful heart to raise;\nAnd many, seeing me restored,\nShall fear the Lord and trust;\nAnd blest are they that trust the Lord,\nThe humble and the just.\n\nO Lord my God, how manifold\nThy wondrous works which I behold,\nAnd all thy loving, gracious thought\nThou hast bestowed on man;\nTo count thy mercies I have sought,\nBut boundless is their span.",
  "first_line": "Psalm 40:1-5"
}